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Anne Sweeney, the former co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group, has joined Netflix’s board of directors. Sweeney’s addition to the board was announced Monday, along with that of Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel at Microsoft Corp. “We look forward to benefiting from Brad and Anne’s perspective as we continue to build our global Internet TV network,” said Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Until she stepped down from Walt Disney Co. in January, Sweeney had overseen the company's cable, broadcast and satellite properties around the world since 2004, as the network was about to find...

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Anne Sweeney, the former co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group, has joined Netflix’s board of directors.
Sweeney’s addition to the board was announced Monday, along with that of Brad Smith, executive vice...

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Alyssa Milano is bidding farewell to "Mistresses" to focus on her family.
The "Charmed" alum broke the news on her blog on Wednesday, explaining why she won't be returning for the ABC drama's third season.
"After two wonderful...

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A&E is set to enter into the well-trod road of loved ones inexplicably coming back from the dead with its American remake of the highly regarded French series, "The Returned." The channel ordered a 10-episode first season on Tuesday.
Former...

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The hit HBO anthology series was nominated for...

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It's not happily ever after for Emilie de Ravin. The "Once Upon a Time" star and her husband Joshua Janowicz are reportedly getting a divorce -- again.
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HBO's latest Quality Entertainment, "The Leftovers," arrives Sunday. Developed by Damon Lindelof ("Lost") and Tom Perrotta from Perrotta's 2011 novel, it is set in a New York small town three years after the sudden disappearance of...

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